IAAF wants 2004 US relay team stripped of Olympic gold because of Cox’s doping involvement

IAAF wants US relay team stripped of 2004 gold

DOHA, Qatar — The IAAF is recommending the U.S. women’s 4×400 meter relay team at the 2004 Athens Olympics be stripped of its gold medal because qualifying runner Crystal Cox has admitted to doping.

The IOC has opened a formal investigation into the case, and the IAAF international athletics federation says that under its rules the “U.S. relay team results will be disqualified.”

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said this year that Cox admitted to using anabolic steroids and accepted a four-year suspension and disqualification of her results from 2001 to 2004. Her admission came after an investigation that was triggered by information from the BALCO case.

Cox ran in the prelims for the American team led by Sanya Richards, who ran the final along with Dee Dee Trotter, Monique Henderson and Monique Hennegan.